GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| demise | death |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
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| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |